Graham Martin

Graham Martin

@instagraham.bsky.social

Director of Research, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, University of Cambridge. Tweets/bleets/skeets/yeets in personal capacity.

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Louise, Prof/Dr
@louiselocock.bsky.social

This is what happens when people have better housing, nutrition, hygiene, treatment for infections and long term conditions etc. Oh and vaccines.

Snowden St.@snowden.st

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

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Rosie Lindsay
@rosielindsay.bsky.social

Really excited to announce the publication of our framework which has been informed by a combination of literature, stakeholder interviews, consultation and real-world usability testing.

THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute)@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Large-scale change programmes in health and healthcare don’t always succeed. The problems often originate in early design and planning. A framework from @THISInstitute, @HealthFdn & @IpsosUK aims to offer support. Find out more: ths.im/4iyf9pd

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Kathryn Oliver
@oliver-kathryn.bsky.social

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us... www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

lshtm.ac.ukIs research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTMResearch is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

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Mary Guy
@maryjguy.bsky.social

📣New article! We use publicly-available NHS referral data to outline the private healthcare market for NHS patients 2008-2024, and to review NHS patient choice policies since New Labour. (1/3) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comNHS Patient Choice Policy in England: What Mapping the Private Healthcare Market for NHS Patients Can Tell Us - Liverpool Law ReviewThis article examines how the private healthcare market supports successive governments’ commitment in the English National Health Service (NHS) to patient choice of NHS or private provider. The Labou...

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Margaret McCartney
@mgtmccartney.bsky.social

sign up sign up come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...

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Margaret McCartney@mgtmccartney.bsky.social

VERY EXCITING launch of the CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE AND VALUES IN HEALTHCARE at the Uni of St Andrews first event 31st October with Sir David Haslam and Scotland's new patient safety commissioner Karen Titchener find out more here medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi... please sign up and come

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Nuffield Trust
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk

There are just three days left to apply to our Senior Fellow role... 🔍 If you can lead on projects at the forefront of research into health and social care, we'd love to hear from you. Take a look at our vacancy and apply by Sunday 31 August. #researchjobs www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...

nuffieldtrust.org.ukSenior Fellow (SF05/25)We are looking to recruit a Senior Fellow to lead on projects across a range of topics within health and care.
Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

We are recruiting! Are you an early or mid-career health services researcher with an interest in improving the quality of UK healthcare? This Research Associate or Assistant Research Professor role could be the one for you. Deadline 7 September. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

cam.ac.ukResearch Associate/Assistant Research Professor (Fixed Term)Funded by the Health Foundation, THIS Institute has a remit to advance research into how to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The institute hosts around 60 staff, consisting of

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Beatriz Goulão
@beatrizgoulao.bsky.social

Another great post fr @chrischirp.bsky.social focusing on @nihr.bsky.social HSDR funding to improve patient's and staff's experiences. Very proud to be involved, & to have the opportunity to work w and learn fr fab colleagues including @instagraham.bsky.social @katiejsheehan.bsky.social

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social

The NHS & Social Care are struggling. Behind the scenes, researchers are working on practical ways to make care better. From ambulance handovers to teen mental health, I've written about the quiet research funded by @nihr.bsky.social HSDR. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-resear...

christinapagel.substack.comThe research trying to improve health and social care servicesHow UK health research funding is tackling the front-line problems we face — from GP access to mental health and care homes

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute)
@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Penny Dash’s recent review calls for major reforms in patient safety – but while change is needed, the review also raises some important questions. @instagraham.bsky.social and @janekohara.bsky.social comment on the review and its potential impact on patient safety. Read the editorial ths.im/4m8XFQX

bmj.comHope over experience? Patient and staff voice in the NHS after the Dash reviewPenny Dash’s review of patient safety in England has recommended major changes to the organisational landscape.1 National bodies will be abolished or merged, and strategic planning and coordination is...
Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

This isn't new but I'll feel better for bleeting it. Publisher: Congrats, we are pleased to accept your paper! <Months pass> Author: Please could I have an update? Publisher: <Months pass> Publisher: Check your proofs by TOMORROW (Saturday) or we'll publish an error-strewn version in your name.

Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

Job opportunity - deputy director of the Geller Institute for Ageing and Memory at the University of West London, working with Katie Featherstone and colleagues: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT550/d...

jobs.ac.ukDeputy Director of the Geller Institute for Aging and Memory at University of West LondonApply for the Deputy Director of the Geller Institute for Aging and Memory role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Professor Judith Smith
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social

In case you missed it: my article for @uk.theconversation.com on theTen Year Health Plan for England. So many ideas (and some good ones at that) but precious little about how to implement them. #NHSPlan #FitForTheFuture #NHS #healthpolicy theconversation.com/nhs-ten-year...

theconversation.comNHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it workTen-year NHS transformation hinges on funding and staff support.

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Dr Jay Watts
@shrinkatlarge.bsky.social

Replying to @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social

🎯 68% of PIP appeals are overturned in favor of disabled people - proving the system already wrongly denies support. Now they want to make it even harder to qualify. This isn't reform, it's institutionalized discrimination. #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip

Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

And my favourite bit of all, the human-interest story: how he didn’t want to be a health journalist because he was interested in the sexy stuff, like crime and politics – but it turns out that healthcare is full of crime and full of politics. (5/6)

Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

The continued reliance of the system on patients and families to hold the NHS to account when things go wrong, and the importance of inquiries in ‘nudging’ the healthcare system in the right direction; (3/6)

Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

His reflections on how to approach investigative journalism in a respectful and compassionate way (some great tips here for researchers, too, as we try to marry respect for people with the quest for knowledge); (4/6)

Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

How it was the need to fill a credit card-sized gap in the Express & Star that first led him to speak to Julie Bailey of Cure the NHS, and ultimately break the story of the scandal of Mid Staffordshire; (2/6)

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Sara Shaw
@sarashaw.bsky.social

New paper from our team on group clinics 👇 Showing that ‘peer support’ is not a given or unequivocal ‘good’ in group-based care @jackievdael.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.comExperiential caring and the mobilisation of peerhood in group clinicsThe concept of ‘peer support’ has generated much interest in mainstream health services. In policy discourse, peer-based initiatives are often describ…

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Nuffield Trust
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk

NEW ANALYSIS explores how approaches to #AssistedDying vary internationally. The Nuffield Trust holds a neutral position on the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK. Our analysis reviews the evidence for jurisdictions where it has been implemented, to help inform debate. 🧵1/9 buff.ly/CTLXDjs

nuffieldtrust.org.ukDiverging paths: How other countries have designed and implemented assisted dyingAs the assisted dying Bill returns to the House of Commons next week, this in-depth analysis offers evidence from a wide range of contexts to further inform the debate. What can the UK learn from…
Graham Martin
@instagraham.bsky.social

Paper drafting phase 1: Write beautiful, closely knit sentences linking related ideas together through the judicious use of semi-colons. Paper drafting phase 2: Delete all the semi-colons and replace them with full stops.